So there’s a photo I’ve been wanting to get for a long, long time… and I decided the clouds and trees and everything looked just right to try for it today. To get the shot, I’d need to fly with my nose-boom camera mount and my Panasonic GH2 (GoPro image quality doesn’t even come close!)….
Down at Wallaby Ranch in Davenport, FL doing a landing clinic sponsored by Wills Wing for their annual “demo days” and anniversary celebration event. We had favorable weather and filmed landings this morning, with the first of two classroom sessions after breakfast was served. Tomorrow morning looks like rain, but we’ll be doing the second…
Fun day of flying, mostly with Lindsey- although he and I didn’t connect much aloft. It was truly the “best day of the year”, which isn’t saying a whole lot since it’s only March. I was able to break through 6k ft MSL for the first time in 2014… which ain’t a bad day considering…
Finished the video edit from last Monday (2/17/14) flying off the Rt 52 road-ramp… it was a short flight with one good thermal, a glide down to the doctor’s house and back to the LZ with enough altitude for one maneuver- barely. Snow in the LZ was knee-deep and all landings had to be no-steppers. …
With all the snow we’ve had lately, the road up to the Ellenville launch is impassible. Not a problem, though, because there is a lower “road ramp” right off of a scenic overlook on Rt 52 that was built for just such occasions. People have been launching off of Rt 52 long before the current…
